Last Wednesday PACTRAC held their 5th Mini-Series of the year. Usual course and distances applied.
The event incorporated the 2nd Novice Race with the Novice's going off in the first wave, and the regulars in the second. 36 competitor's started on a warm, still evening.
Overall, the first out of the water was Rob Hammond, with 10 further swimmers coming out in the next 15 seconds.
Antony Brown flew around the bike course to come in 25 seconds ahead of Matthew Greenhill, who was another 37 seconds ahead of Giles Cooper. Paul Vernon was 56 seconds down after the swim, but moved into 4th on the bike 1:09 behind. However, Antony had to call it a day, not wanting to aggravate a leg injury; and with Paul having the fastest run of the night, by well over 2 minutes, he moved into first place, early on the run. Matthew held onto 2nd, whilst Steve Giles moved up from 17th in the swim, through 9th off the bike, and into 3rd after the run. Rob had slipped down to 6th off the bike, before running his way back up to 4th.
This was Paul's 4th victory on the trot, and he is now almost assured of winning the Mini-Series Trophy for the best 5 results. First Lady went to Christina Cork who was 13th= after a superfast bike split. The £20 Bristows Cycles Vouchers for the first male and female who have not already won them, cascaded down to Matt Greenhill and Georgina Jennings.
Results are on www.pactrac.co.uk
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In the BigCow Sprint Triathlon at Olney, Milton Keynes, the distances were:
swim 750 meters in the lake.
bike 12.5 miles - 1 lap on undulating country roads.
run 3 miles - 2 laps around the lake.
Jon Crowley finished 9th overall, with both PACTRAC athletes coming 2nd in their respective Age Groups.
9. Jon Crowley 12:44 35:48 22:09 = 70:41 AG 2.
63. Abi Tiernan 21:08 46:41 29:07 = 96:56 AG 2.
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Monster Sprint at Feltwell.
swim 450 meters in the lake.
bike 13 miles.
run 2.5 miles.
Two PACTRACers enjoyed the swim at Feltwell, which was so warm that many didn't even use a wet suit. The bike took in quiet country roads and the run was off road with a path cut through the woods.
Georgina was the 1st lady over 55 so beating all those 10-years younger.
Richard Moys was back racing after cutting his foot rather badly in his last race, at Holme Pierrepoint.
Results:
10. Richard Moys 7:52 36:47 15:22 = 60:01 AG 4.
57. Georgina Jennings 10:57 42:44 25:15 = 78:56 AG 1st.
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NiceTri St.Neots Sprint 2.
Wayne Stainsby was 3rd overall in the St. Neots NiceTri Sprint Triathlon. This was his first ever Podium finish.
swim 750 meters in the river.
bike 15.5 miles.
run 3 miles.
3. Wayne Stainsby 12:52 43:01 18:17 = 1:14:10 AG 1st.
6 PACTRACers competed in the longer Standard Distance race over the distances of:
swim 1500 meters in the river
bike 25 miles.
run 6.25 miles.
14. Chris Pike 29:52 1:26:43 42:36 = 2:39:11 AG 1st.
27. Richard Pike 32:03 1:29:05 47:02 = 2:48:10 AG 4.
43. Chris Grahame 32:02 1:27:22 55:14 = 2:54:38 AG 5.
50. Adrian Chambers 37:09 1:32:52 48:40 = 2:58:41 AG 6.
51. Andrew Russell 33:30 1:30:11 55:02 = 2:58:43 AG 8.
73. Annette Wyld 33:03 1:43:01 1:05:36 = 3:21:40 AG 2.
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In the Woodhall Spa Triathlon over a 400 meter swim in the outdoor Lido, a 15 mile bike and 3 mile run, new PACTRAC member Abi Schofield came 2nd in her Age Group.
175. Abi Schofield 6:24 54:29 20:16 = 1:21:09 AG 2nd.
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In a well organised sprint triathlon held at Oakham, PACTRAC's Ros Goatly and Robin Brookes both won their respective Age Groups with Robin coming home in 7th overall.
7. Robin Brookes 6:46 45:46 17:47 = 70:19 AG 1st.
40. Bruce Donald 6:56 52:15 22:01 = 81:12 AG 12.
42. Ros Goatly 7:11 53:25 21:07 = 81:43 AG 1st.
In the Tristar 1 category, over 150m/1 mile/0.5 mile.
2. Olivia Corner 3:48 8:22 4:35 = 16:45 2nd female.
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In the Derby Junior Triathlon, PACTRAC's Jonathon Oakey and Matthew Wouldham were 2nd and 14th in the TriStar 3 Category.
The distances were:
swim 280 meters
bike 3.5 miles
run 1.5 miles.
2. Jonathon Oakey 4:33 18:24 9:23 = 32:20
14. Matthew Wouldham 3.59 21.38 9.54 = 35:31.
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Norfolk Superhero Challenge - Quadrathlon challenge based in Burnham Overy Staithe on the North Norfolk coast consisting of a swim, kayak, bike and run.
The Team of Robin Brookes and Jonny Bland had a great race, even though they had 3 punctures on the bike.
The quadrathlon began with a one-mile open water swim from Gun Hill followed by a gruelling four-mile kayak through the harbour.
The superheroes then took to the road for the 48-mile cycling leg before an eight-mile run across sand, tracks, mud flats and ending with an energy-sapping slog across the marshes. The racers competed in pairs.
43. Robin Brookes & Jonny Bland 18:21 31:05 2:41:23 1:16:16 = 5:11:53 (+ Transitions)
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Ex PACTRACer Jan Rogers, was 3rd lady overall at Celtman!
There were 139 finishers in the Celtman over an Ironman+ distance of:
swim 2.4 miles, bike 126 miles, run 26.2 miles.
Results:
Jan Rogers 15:35:00 3rd lady and 1st in AG.